C-U Blogfidential

Scientist and author Sandra Steingraber and Toronto filmmaker Chanda Chevannes have scheduled the first stop of their Illinois tour for the new documentary, LIVING DOWNSTREAM, at the Art Theater in Champaign on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we bitch about unkempt work spaces, we moan about neighbor apathy towards local film, and we tell you what movies are now renting/playing near you!

Nearly 50 years after H.G. Lewis first proved it, success comes to those indie horror flicks that know how to “bleed in Peoria” when the third annual Drunken Zombie Film Festival tosses cookies on the carpets of The Peoria Theater on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6, 2010.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you where LEADING LADIES and REVOLTING will play soon, how to help Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions make their next short, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about LEADING LADIES, REVOLTING, FARM, RAGSTONE AVENUE, CONTAGION, THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY, and what movies are now playing/renting near you! Hot damn!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about this week’s AMBER ROSE preview, this weekend’s Route 66 and Latin American film fests, next week’s Freeky Creek deadline, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you what happened to A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, how we upgraded our new YouTube channel, which publications profiled friends of CUBlog, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

Military veteran Thomas R. Jones translates his war experiences to the stage in a new multimedia performance called “A Long Way Home” at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in downtown Springfield, IL, running September 10-12, 2010.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Characters turn into caustic observers which sets up conflicts aplenty in REVOLTING, produced by Mike and Leslie Boedicker of Roselawn Productions. Check out the first trailer and a group photo before taking in the movie at the Fischer Theatre in Danville this weekend!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about future plans for REVOLTING, the next Champaign Movie Makers meeting, unhappy Lorraine Theater news, a new IFV Web site, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

The fall will be movie time on the Mother Road when the Route 66 International Film Festival rolls around for its ninth outing in Springfield on September 17-19, 2010. Some of their neighbors will also be exhibiting at the event.

Vines will stand in for wolfsbane this weekend at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s in Champaign, IL, when Jason Butler of Brainsmart Productions offers up laughs, tears, and WEREWOLF CEMETERY Issue 4. Until then, take a gander right here at what to expect courtesy of our new “Images of the Week” department!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about first-time showings of WEREWOLF CEMETERY IV, REVOLTING, and ONE ROACH FOR SEAMUS along with an MTV casting call, award-winning spec spots, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!

At long last, MICRO-FILM Country is allowed to get a little freaky again during the Halloween season when Joe Taylor and Bill Kephart present the first-ever Freeky Creek Short Film Festival this October at Sleepy Creek Vineyards in Fairmount, IL! Do you have a film that’s freeky enough to submit?

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we tell you about opportunities on Dreamscape’s MY DOG, THE SPACE TRAVELER, a video job at The217.com, the schedule for the Route 66 Film Festival, and what movies are now playing/renting near you!